Aberdeen Mental Health Reference Group
WHY ANOTHER MENTAL HEALTH GROUP IN ABERDEEN CITY? AREN'T THERE ENOUGH ALREADY?
There are many organisations/groups in Aberdeen City providing support to people with mental health difficulties and their carers. One of the purposes of the AMHRG is to bring together people from all these groups and organisations to share information and experiences about their various activities, to discuss matters of common interest, to identify unmet needs, and to learn about best practice from other service provision locally and nationally. We aim to look beyond the "labels" attached to mental health and to those of us suffering mental illness, and seek to develop services that meet the diverse needs of people as individuals and help to change public attitudes and dispel stigma and discrimination.
The Aberdeen Mental Health Reference Group are recognised as a consultation avenue by Aberdeen City Council and the Scottish Executive. The group are actively involved in Lobbying & Campaigning on the following issues:
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Mental Illness Specific Grant (MISG) -
Prescription Charges -
Patients Council/Collective Advocacy -
Resource Transfer Funding -
Cornhill Hospital Developments
The AMHRG are represented on the following groups:
- Aberdeen Mental Health Framework Group
- Choose Life (Aberdeen City)
- Grampian Anti-Stigma Group
Open Meetings for 2008 (last Friday of every Month):All meetings take place on a Friday from 12 – 2.15pm in the Rosemount Community Centre - - Friday 25th January
- Friday 29th February
- Friday 28th march
- Friday 25th April
- Friday 30th May
- Friday 27th June
- Friday 25th July
- Friday 29th August
- Friday 26th September
- Friday 31st October
- Friday 28th November
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND/OR TO BECOME A MEMBER, PLEASE CONTACT:-
Sarah Irvine, Administrative Assistant c/o Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations (ACVO) Whitemyres Business Centre, Whitemyres Avenue, Aberdeen, AB16 6HQ Phone: (01224) 686058 Fax: (01224) 684378 Email: sirvine@acvo.org.uk |
